Pole dumping-car.



L. DYE.

POLE DUMPING CAR. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 14, 1912.

Patented May 27, 1913.

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LILBURN DYE, OF ST. PAUL, VIRGINIA. ASSIGNOR F ONE-HALF TO JAMES D. CLEEIK,

' OF ST. I AUL, VIRGINIA.

POLE- DUMPING-CAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 2'7, 1913.

Application filed November '14, 1912. Serial No. 731,361.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Luann}; DYE, a citi zen of the United States,resident of St. Paul, in the county of VVise and State of Virginia. havemade a certain new and useful Invention in Pole Dumping-Cars; and Ideclare the following to be .a full, clear, and exact description of thesame, such !as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the invention,

reference being had to'the accompanying drawings, and to letters orfigures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

Figure 1 is an end view of a car having my invention applied thereto.Fig. 2 is a similar view with the bed in dumpingposition. Fig. 3 is aside view of a car having my invention applied thereto. Fig. 4 is apartial plan View of the same.

Theobject of the invention is to provide a durable and easily operatedpole dumping car; and it consists in the novel construction andcombinations of devices, as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the invention, the numeral 2represents the car frame or truck, which is. provided with a guardplatform 3, upon which operate longitudinal rollers 4, which aredetach.- ably connecte to the truck by holding chains 5 and :iznitingchains 6, lag bolts or bolts having bar heads being used.

The car frame or truck'2 is supported upon wheels 8, andis PIOVidQd witha sillsupported platform 3, having a plane surface and being designed toform the bearing for the rollers 4. These rollers are preferably madetubular, or ofpi eiron, and are a little longer than the plat orm. Theends of the pipe rollers are provided with hard wood plugs 9, and eachplug is provided with a central lag bolt which projects from the plugfor the attachment of the chains.

The pole dumping bed 7 consists of the board bottom 11, extended sidesills 12, middle sill 13, end braces 14, end boards 15 and hinged sideboard 16. The bed bottom 11 is about as wide as the truck platform, the

side sills extending about one foot beyond each end of the bed andbeing, fashioned to serve as handles for lifting the dumping bed.Usually the width of the bed is six feet. six inches. The braces 14 aresecured to each other and to the sills of the dumping bed, a pipe rollerbein located between each sidesill and the mid le sill., The diameter ofthe pipe roller is greater than the thickness of the sills, beingusually about four inches, so that the sills of the dumping bed are suported by the pipe rollers clear of the truck p atform.

To themiddle of the end sill of the truck frame at each end of thecarare connected chains 6, whereof the outer ends are connected to the labolts of the roller plugs. Each of these 0 ains is designed to be oflimited and proper length to allow the pipe roller to move on the truckplatform to near the edge of the latter, in which position it forms a.pivot, operating against the middle sillvof the bed, to facilitate thetipping of the latter in dumping its contentsat the side of the road.The normal positionof each pipe roller is about half way between themiddle sill andthe side sill of the .bed bottom, where it is designed tosupport the load to the best advantage. in order to keep the piperollers in position during transportation, short chalns 5 are employed,these being connected to the truck frame and to the lag bolts of thepipe rollers. These lag bolts may have heads of bar, form, so that thelinks of the chains may be easily connected thereto or, detachedtherefrom.

The sides of the bed bottom are provided with staples 17, to enga e hookends 18 of the straps 19 of the side oard 1.6, the straps and staplesforming string hinges whereby the side board is connected to the side oizontal position, in which it provides a additional part or extensionofthe du ping,

bed at the side of the road, to clear the ballasting or margin of theembankment of the road. When the car is to be carried any greatdistance." or over a rough road, the dumping bed may be secured to thetruck by 'meanaof a steady bolt or fastening 20, which can, be easilydisconnected when the car arrives atthe place of use. The dumping bed iscapable of being readily detached from the platform truck, and can belifted oil? and replaced upon the truck when so re uired.

bhould it be required to discharge. the load in the middle of the trackinstead of on the sides the bearing rollers may be arran ed on the truckplatform in transverse position, the limiting chains being in this casesnitab y connected to the sides of the car frame or truck. And in order.to pre vent the truck from rearing or tipping up on its wheels, adetachable drop hook should be provided in connection with the be hookedunder the rail.

Having described the invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is: a

' 1. In a dumping car, a latform truck, a dumpin bed having a mi dlesill and extended si e sills, a bearing roller parallel to and betweensaid middle sill andeach side truck to;

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3. A dumping bed for a platform truck,

said bed comprising a bed bottom a-middle sill and side sills, a bearinpto and between each side sil and the middle sill, end boards, adetachable hinged side board and detachable limiting chains.

4. In a dumping car, a platform truck, a dumping bed having a middlesill and side sills, bearing rollers between the truck platform anddumpini bed and detachable chains connecting t e rollers to the platform truck.

In testimony whereof I aflix' mysignature, in presence of two witnesses.3

LILBURN DYE. Witnesses:

STEPHEN BROADWATER, J. L. JENNINGS.

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